Go eyes more Super Health Centers
SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said more Super Health Centers (SHCs) will be established nationwide as he raised the importance of further strengthening the country’s health care system.
The senator said he will continue to push for the establishment of more SHCs as part of his commitment to make health services more accessible to Filipinos, especially in remote communities.
The senator made the remark as he sent aid to struggling communities in Rosario, Cavite.
Go, with fellow senator Robinhood Padilla, also inspected an SHC and helped residents in Matanao, Davao del Sur.
In his video message during a relief operation in Rosario, Cavite on November 22, Go reaffirmed his efforts “to bring the government’s public health services closer to more disadvantaged Filipinos.”
“Thank you for your sacrifice during this time. Let us just help one another. Please do not neglect our poor fellowmen,” the senator said in Filipino.
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography said that 307 SHCs will be constructed in 2022 and more in 2023.
Super Health Centers will offer basic health services such as database management, outpatient, birthing, isolation, diagnostic (laboratory: x-ray, ultrasound), pharmacy and ambulatory surgical unit.
Other available services are eye, ear, nose, and throat treatment; oncology; physical therapy and rehabilitation; and telemedicine, where remote diagnosis and treatment of patients will be done.
There will be eight SHCs in 2022 in Cavite. These centers will be located in the cities of Bacoor, Dasmariñas, General Trias, and Imus as well as in the towns of Carmona, Kawit, Magallanes and Tanza.
Meanwhile, Go urged those with health concerns to seek the services of the Malasakit Centers located at Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital in Bacoor City and General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital in Trece Martires City.
He initiated the Malasakit Centers program in 2018. It aims to ensure that medical assistance programs are within the reach of indigent patients. To date, there are 153 Malasakit Centers nationwide.